The Gujarat High Court, in a judgement (see below) on December 27, 2019, said that Permanent Account Number (PAN) not yet linked with Aadhaar will not be declared inoperative for the purpose of filing income tax returns, since the validity of the Aadhaar Act being introduced as a Money Bill has not yet “attained finality” in front of the Supreme Court. A division bench of Justices Harsha Devani and Sangeeta K. Vishen pronounced the judgement in a case where Bandish Saurabh Soparkar had moved the High Court against the Union of India, Central Board of Direct Taxes, and Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, seeking that he should not be held liable for not linking his Aadhaar with PAN. The division bench held: “…the applicant needs to be protected by directing that his PAN shall not be declared inoperative and the applicant may not be subjected to the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 139AA of the [Income Tax] Act till the judgment of the Supreme Court in Rojer Mathew v. South Indian Bank Ltd. is delivered and available. In the opinion of this court, grant of such interim relief in favour of the applicant can in no manner have wide repercussions as is sought to be contended on behalf of the revenue”. In November 2019, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court had referred the passage of Finance Act 2017 as a money bill, to a larger seven-judge bench, raising concerns over the correctness of the Aadhaar judgement of 2018.…
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PAN not linked to Aadhar can not be declared inoperative until Aadhaar Act attains finality: Gujarat HC
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